State senator pleads not guilty in Arizona fake electors case
Jake Hoffman said in January 2021 that he signed the document “to provide Congress and the vice president with dueling opinions” as to who was Arizona’s duly chosen presidential candidate.
Joe Duhownik / June 6, 2024
PHOENIX (CN) — Arizona state Senator Jake Hoffman appeared virtually in court Thursday for the first time since he was indicted over an apparent scheme to falsely name Donald Trump as the president in the 2020 election.
Hoffman was indicted in April on conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges for signing a document in December 2020 claiming to be one of Arizona’s certified presidential electors and giving Arizona’s votes to former President Trump, even though he lost to President Joe Biden in Arizona by more than 10,000 votes. Ten other Republican electors and seven Trump allies, including former New York Mayor and attorney Rudy Giuliani, were indicted alongside Hoffman.
Hoffman appeared virtually in Maricopa County Superior Court Thursday morning to plead not guilty to the nine felony charges he faces in the state grand jury indictment. He was accompanied by his attorney Tim La Sota, who also appeared virtually.
La Sota asked the court that Hoffman be allowed to retain his firearms as long as he isn’t convicted.
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